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>Cygwin/X is a port of the X Window System to Cygwin.
The Cygwin library provides a UNIX-like API on the Win32 platform.</P
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>&#13;      Use Cygwin's setup program to install the <TT
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      package.

      (See the instructions in <A
HREF="setup.html#setup-cygwin-x-installing"
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>Installing Cygwin/X</I
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      for more details).
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>&#13;      Start the X server using the "XWin Server" shortcut under "Cygwin-X" on
      the Start Menu.

      (See <A
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>Starting in multiwindow mode (startxwin)</I
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>&#13;      Start X clients using the "X applications menu" icon in the notification
      area, or from the command line.

      (See <A
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>the Section called <I
>Displaying local clients</I
> in Chapter 3</A
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>&#13;  See the rest of this User's Guide for other topics such as desktop
  environments, remote clients, XDMCP, etc.
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